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Lightning bolt sets new world record

World record longest lightning flash discovered – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies from Dallas to Kansas City in October 2017. In East Coast terms, that's equivalent to the distance from New York City to Charlotte, N.C.

Scientific American · 20h

515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World Record

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ever measured, according to the World Meteorological Organization

The Washington Post on MSN · 20h

Scientists discovered a previously unknown lightning strike that was a record 515 miles long

Scientists have revealed that a lightning bolt that occurred over a swath of the southern U.S. in 2017 was the single longest lightning strike ever recorded. At 515 miles long, the flash was the equivalent distance from Boston to the Outer Banks of North Carolina,

Summer McIntosh wins third World Aquatics Championships gold

CNN on MSN · 20h

Summer McIntosh wins third World Aquatics Championships gold but falls just short of 200m butterfly world record

Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh won her third gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore but fell agonizingly short of breaking the 200-meter butterfly world record.

CBC.ca · 18h

'I was so close': Summer McIntosh wins 3rd gold medal, just misses world record in 200m butterfly

If there's one world record that I wanted to break since the start of my career it's this one,' she says Summer McIntosh was going for it. The Canadian was feeling great and had her eyes set on breaking the women's 200-metre butterfly world record.

The New York Times · 21h

Summer McIntosh wins third gold of swimming worlds; Léon Marchand wins 200 IM

The Canadian star challenged the all-time mark in the women's 200-meter butterfly and continued her perfect string of races in Singapore.

Léon Marchand smashes 200 IM record

CNN International on MSN · 1d

Léon Marchand breaks long-standing 200-meter individual medley world record at World Aquatics Championships

French swimmer Léon Marchand took more than a second off the 200-meter individual medley world record on Wednesday to shatter American Ryan Lochte’s long-standing mark.

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Léon Marchand breaks world record in 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 52.69 seconds

Léon Marchand has broken the world record in the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.69 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.

ABC · 1d

Léon Marchand tries to break his own 200 IM world record at the swim worlds in Singapore

Léon Marchand is out to break his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday at the swimming world championships in Singapore

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World's longest lightning flash confirmed as new record

A 515-mile-long lightning strike that traveled from Texas to Missouri has been confirmed as the new world record.

12h

New world record announced for single flash of lightning in USA

A lightning bolt stretching across three U.S. states in 2017 has just been confirmed as the longest ever recorded.

This Dad Played 810 Holes in One Day—and Crushed a World Record Doing It

Around 5:45 a.m. on June 24, moments after making a putt on the 9th green at Houston’s East River 9, Kyle Cokinos yelled out ...

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Watch: Giant baseball with 6,750 signatures breaks world record

A giant baseball taken on a tour of Minor League Baseball stadiums across the United States broke a Guinness World Record by ...

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Anna Hall now a member of heptathlon's exclusive 7,000-point club, world record within reach

On New Year's Eve, Anna Hall designs a decorative vision board that outlines her upcoming goals. Her most recent list ...

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Surfer Rides 4,000+ Waves in One Month, Shatters World Record

Blakey Johnston breaks world record for most waves surfed in a month (4,097) in a wave pool at Sydney, Australia’s UrbnSurf.

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Katharine Berkoff, Regan Smith go 1-2 at swim worlds; Summer McIntosh scares world record

Australian Kaylee McKeown, who won every backstroke title at the last two Olympics and at the 2023 Worlds, opted not to swim ...

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Age no barrier as Peaty works towards new world record

Adam Peaty says age will not be a barrier as he attempts to break his own world records in preparation for a gold-medal raid ...

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Lightning bolt sets new world record

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